Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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